Ball, Jesse (Autor)
The Repeat Room
A Novel
Beschreibung
Franz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America s most brilliant and distinctive writers
In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant s lived experience, to see as if through their eyes.
The case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel s shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception.
Artful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, The Repeat Room is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.
In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant s lived experience, to see as if through their eyes.
The case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel s shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception.
Artful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, The Repeat Room is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.
Produktdetails
| ISBN/GTIN | 978-1-64622-140-0 |
|---|---|
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2024 |
| Seitenzahl | 256 S. |
| Einbandart | gebunden |
| Format | 13,6 x 21 x 2,2 cm |
| Gewicht | 0,375 kg |